Edgar Allan—An Homage to America’s First Professional Writer
Edgar Allan, a play created and performed by Katie Hartman and Nick Ryan, was at 18th and Union Performing Arts […]
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Preview- Overcoming-Female Playwrighting Festival
Girlfriends! We will be heard!
Opening October 24th, 18th and Union Arts Space, Mampsh Productions, and Starstrewn Productions will present the world premiere production of Overcoming, a collection of short plays by womxn (womyn) playwrights. Overcoming showcases work by up-and-coming female playwrights as well as Seattle favorites of the stage.
“We Go Mad”—A Haunting Tale Told with Puppets
Amy Escobar as writer, co-director, and producer of We Go Mad pivots on family to explore the enduring suffering and yearning to related that cascade down the generations. Using cinematic shadow play, modified bunraku, plus object manipulation, Escobar presents a theatrical case study of a daughter testing the limits of her sanity
Waiting for the Paint to Dry
The Addiction of Matyrdom
Kairos Theatre Company, a new theatre in town, which focuess on works “celebrating the various and multifaceted aspects of the feminine journey” opened an original script Waiting for the Paint to Dry by K.E. Jenkins at 18th and Union, in Seattle’s Central District. It deals with one of the most feminine of all subjects, our tendency to be “Caretakers without Boundaries,” that is to say how caretaking can become unhealthy and destructive.
Vicinity has potential at 18th and Union
Vicinity (Memoryall) opened quietly this weekend at 18th and Union. This seems appropriate for a play, written by Cristine Deavel
Core Ensemble’s The Best of the Best.
As a part of Springshot Festival, Core Ensemble is performing their best sketch comedies, The Best of the Best, at
“Maybe your parents don’t always know what’s best for you.” Wormwood questions certain aspects of social construction and parenting.
As a part of Springshot Festival, 18th & Union are staging Alexandra Kroz’s Wormwood for three nights this week. Wormwood
An Interview with Woody Shticks, Solo Performer and Comedian-Stripper
Woody Shticks will be the first person to tell you that he, as a performer, producer, and craftsman making a
AGUE: A Body Horror at 18th and Union
Welcome to For-Profit Hospital
One of the seven shows as part of Springshot A gue, (noun a fever or shivering fit,) opened this past weekend at 18th and Union. Written and performed by José Amador, it tells the tragic tale, which we hear so often in contemporary times: that of being laid-off, loosing health-care benefits, slowing sinking from couch-surfing to homelessness, while being seriously ill without health insurance.
“Class Clowns” Puts the Spotlight on Excellent First-Time Comedians
As the opening show in producer Woody Shticks’ Tender Loving Queers comedy mini-festival, Class Clowns was a strong starter. Introducing the characteristics that